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Viking Dress from Herjolfsnes: Sewing the Actual Gown

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I made a gown from the Viking Settlement known as Herjolfsnes from the book "Medieval Garments Reconstructed". A bizarre blend of historical and modern techniques went into this final garment. Please enjoy as I work my way through seams and stitches!
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Books (buy independent when you can!):
Medieval Garments Reconstructed
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Woven into the Earth: Textile Finds in Norse Greenland
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Gilbert Dolthalion: / @dolthalion
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Music:
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"Memories of the Green Valley" - Lars Meyer
"Me Ma She Knows" - Rune Dale
"For Auld Times" - Rune Dale
"Turnpikes" - Run Dale
"In The Box" - Spectacles Wallet and Watch
"Red as the Rose" - Rune Dale
Equipment:
Sewing Machine: Janome MC6000
Camera: Canon G7X Mark II
Microphone: Blue Snowball Pro and VidPro XM-L Lav Mic
Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition
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11 июл 2020

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@AbbyCox 4 года назад

The intro OMGGGGGGGGG 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 (still watching and still giggling)

@LizCapism 4 года назад

I did it to make sure that I didn't take myself too seriously during my hilltop swishing adventures. Must take the piss out of myself before my ego inflates! Glad you liked it. :)

@EmelieWaldken 3 года назад

I KNEW something was off about the intro because no fancy person would proudly show themselves drinking Twinings XD

@alicetulloch6945 3 года назад

Thanks, Liz. As a weaver, I’m intrigued by the production of the cloth back then. I ran some rough calculations. Two options related to the loom. On a warp weighted loom, one can weave wider than on a modern horizontal loom. First, let’s think horizontal. Assuming a singles yarn spun at 28 wraps per inch, which I’m guessing is fatter than the Herjolfsnes examples. I could refit all the pieces onto a 22inch wide warp, about 11 or 12 yards long. That would require about 10,000 yards of yarn. If one set up a WWL 44 inches wide, the warp length would be about 6-7 yds, requiring roughly the same amount of yarn. One difference is that my arms can reach across 22 inches faster than 44 inches. I estimate about the same amount of time to set up either loom, but rather more time for weaving on the WWL due to the way the weft is laid in. Say 1 day to measure the warp, 1-2 days to dress either loom, and then 1-2 weeks to weave on the horizontal loom, maybe more on the WWL. This takes the Herjolfsness Dress Challenge to another level, ie, to begin with the fleece. I figure many weeks of spinning, on drop or supported spindle. Clearly, clothing was very valuable, and therefore had to be very durable. I’m also thinking of the long dark winters with poor light for handwork. You really have to appreciate what those women accomplished!!!

@alicetulloch6945 3 года назад

That “bone scorer” is also called a hera, and is essential to Japanese sewing. I often use it for marking and for creasing where a fabric will be folded. Very handy.

@blktauna 4 года назад

Those Herjolfnes clothes are good solid wearable items. Yours came out beautifully. And yes, Jimmy is adorable.

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Agreed on all counts!

@storitimer4649 2 года назад

I am looking for designs for my wedding dress. This was great to watch

@ello_verity7667 4 года назад

Still laughing about that intro 😂 Watching this actually really helped me get my head around a few sewing techniques I’ve heard described but never quite understood before. Thanks!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Glad I could help!

@MaireColclough 4 года назад

That intro is such.a mood in and of itself. 😆

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Ha! Thanks.

@elizabethclaiborne6461 3 года назад

Pin It stands are fabulous, no idea why they disappeared.

@charischannah 4 года назад

I want to make one of those now. I do Viking-era living history stuff, but my Viking character is set in the 850s, so quite a long time before the Herjolfsnes dress.

@LizCapism 3 года назад

It was much fun to do! Even if you don't use it for Viking-era reenactment, it's a fun dress to swish about in the park.

@canucknancy4257 2 года назад

There is definitely something satisfying about a french seam. Yay, Jimmy! That turned out beautifully. I adore the colour.

@karenvigil4472 4 года назад

I recently bought and read the book Medieval Garments Reconstructed, then found your channel today because you are on the CoCovid program! I am so grateful for the CosTube community and finding you. Your reconstruction is amazing and so much fun to watch! 😊

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Oh thank you! It was so much fun to make!

@draughtoflethe 3 года назад

My estimation of your awesomeness (already fairly high) increased by approximately 200% at around 2:03 when we get a glimpse into your board game cabinet. You have HeroQuest!

@LizCapism 3 года назад

It belongs to my spouse! I've never actually played it. But we love board games and a lot of the cabinet games are my additions. I really miss playing with them in the real world...

@threadsandpurrs 2 года назад

This turned out very nice. It looks comfortable.

@Jobielee16 3 года назад

Beautifully crafted gown! I loved the hills at the end too.

@danielaehmann4759 3 года назад

Love the way it turned out, so beautiful!

@elizabethgeyer-green9910 4 года назад

Love the dress🌻🌻🌻

@MelzoA. 11 месяцев назад

This is so wonderful 😍

@kenshinhimura2322 3 года назад

Super cool. I love Viking dresses

@samithprinklez1093 4 года назад

Yay! I'm so excited to see the finished product. I love the color

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Yay! Thank you!

@misswazzra 3 года назад

These shots in the fields are so lovely! I’ve never been west of Ontario, I would love to see more of our country!

@eileensavoy1516 3 года назад

The intro made me laugh and laugh!! I made this dress and love it, so glad you did, too!

@BananaNightFighter 3 года назад

I learned things. Thanks! Now make more! xx

@arimurila 4 года назад

Just started watching and now I need some tea.

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Then my mission is complete!

@lilrummager 4 года назад

Lovely dress!! That last bit of footage of your video 🙌 Well done!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Thank you! 😊

@PocketFullofPoseys 4 года назад

Love it! The color is lovely on you! ♥️

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Thank you so much 😀

@serenamcdonald772 4 года назад

Very cool. Love It.

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@GwensShenanigans 4 года назад

it's a thing of beauty Liz, congratulations!🤗

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Thanks!

@asilverfoxintasmania9940 4 года назад

Ludicrously proud of sleeve gussets! love it! But you didn't show us a close up of them! The fit of the whole dress has come out so well!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

There is a closeup on the underpart of the sleeve including the gusset at 5:55 . Check it out!

@asilverfoxintasmania9940 4 года назад

@@LizCapism but not on you! Which is what I meant, sorry should have been clearer.

@erinyount4823 4 года назад

That into is everything. 😂 great job!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@chastitysenek7499 3 года назад

Twirl worthy clothes are the best! You look stunning!

@sidsimpson9488 4 года назад

Lovely! I love the color! Linen has such a nice summery flow to it- i think it is perfect for these kinds of dresses.

@LizCapism 4 года назад

I think so too! I love that it's still a heavier linen, so it moves more like the original wool would have done, but I don't boil in the summer sun.

@RetroClaude 4 года назад

You had me at the two tea bag cup of tea

@LizCapism 4 года назад

That pot holds more water than you think! It really needs more than one. :D. Glad you liked it!

@alicetulloch6945 3 года назад

Inspired by you, Liz, I’m going to make this dress with commercial linen like yours. Then contemplate spinning wool etc. Crazy!

@Ashbeazil 4 года назад

I wouldn't have found your channel, and so many others, without cocovid, and I am so happy about that! Love your content. I hope that your channel grows.

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Thanks so much! It was such an amazing event and we're so pleased with the response.

@BeverleyButterfly 4 года назад

This is a dream dress so beautiful i want to make one it's a stunning colour you picked too xx

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Thank you! 😊 Honestly, just go for it! It moves like a dream and is SO comfy.

@cravetherandom 4 года назад

What a great shade of rust colored linen - it really suits you 💖

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Oh thank you! I fell in love with it in an instant.

@StitchWitchonyoutube 4 года назад

i watched this with my boyfriend and he wanted to nerd out about how amazing your sleeve and board games in the background are

@LizCapism 4 года назад

He is correct on both counts! The board games are the work of many many years of my spouse and I collecting them. We mostly play Tabletop Simulator these days, though. So the physical board games are gathering a bit of dust! The sleeve is 5 years old and I love it so much. It hurt so bad, but it makes me very happy.

@JuulThijssen 4 года назад

YAY team comfy orange historical dress!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Totally! I still need to make myself a reform dress.

@karenradcliff9163 4 года назад

I kept thinking of your dress when I saw this color!

@LisaJedi 4 года назад

Beautiful dress!! Also, I was very excited to hear about the CoCoVid panel on disabilities & costuming. I got ready to dive into historic costuming last Fall, but was caught up short when I realised that my very high-tech crutches (made in Canada, I might add :) would not sustain any sort of historic look. I've done some research & there's so little on disabilities in history, other than "hidden away", "beggar", & "pauper's prison". I look forward to hearing what other disabled folks have to say about this. I did try some of American Duchess' Renoir high button boots & discovered that I can wear them in place of my leg brace for short periods of time! Woo hoo!!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Great find! We'll be talking more about personal experience rather than historical sources, but I think it will still be very entertaining! We have a lot of folks who have been told that their mobility aids aren't "historically accurate", as if that means anything or matters at all. Major eye rolls! Hope you tune in to see what other folks will have to say.

@LisaJedi 4 года назад

@@LizCapism I'm definitely interested in personal experience. I was so ready to make a corset/stays and jump right in, but I'm not sure how it would work, to walk with crutches & wear a corset, so I'm very interested in personal experiences!

@blktauna 4 года назад

@@LisaJedi I encourage you to jump in and do it! Folks had crutches in the olden times, so screw those people that pick. :)

@susanhillis5952 4 года назад

Lovely

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Thanks!

@kyaryponponpon 4 года назад

Looks really cool :) I've used one of the patterns of the '' Medieval Garments Reconstructed'' for quite a few of my dresses :) I love how they look and I'm also currently working on a linen version at the moment, just handsewing, since my sewing machine has died and my new one is coming in the beginning of august xD I'm actually most excited to start alle the decorative stitches on these dresses. Thank you for sharing your journey.

@LizCapism 4 года назад

So exciting!

@pesahson 3 года назад

Watching QI while sewing! One of my favourite shows :)

@rhondamast3441 4 года назад

That’s such a beautiful orange!! I wish I could wear it without looking ill. 😁

@LizCapism 4 года назад

You'll find your colour! don't despair. :)

@agypsycircle 4 года назад

Loved the final dress and it’s giving me ideas for what I might do with some of the wool/silk blend I have! Then I can use some of the linen I’ve got for an apron dress as well!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Great idea!!

@eileensavoy1516 3 года назад

I made this dress in a wool and it is lovely, but so warm I can only wear it in winter. I would love to know how a wool/silk blend wears!

@TheMetatronGirl 4 года назад

Mmm...that’s a proper cuppa, imho. That linen looks so comfortable. You’re quite right to be proud of the sleeves, as they look fantastic! I’m going to have to invest in some sumptuous linen and start sewing...I think I’d live in that dress!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Thanks! You should totally do it. I always heard that linen was hard to work with, but you just have to be very strict with your pinning and I found it worked beautifully. Hope you can make yourself some lovely things!

@gentianvandewerken929 20 дней назад

Love it!lol

@karensykas3809 4 года назад

I love your sugar bowl, and the dress is lovely esp. the color!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Thank you so much! The sugar bowl was made by a potter locally. www.emilystonepottery.com/. You should check her out! She does amazing work. The colour is my favourite part of the whole thing!

@yourbookladykatie 4 года назад

I guffawed when the pattern pieces flew off the table 🤣

@LizCapism 4 года назад

We had the fan going because it was so hot and I completely forgot! It's the reason there's half a million pattern weights from then on...

@Chronicallywitty 3 года назад

You make it look not so intimidating! I definitely want to try this

@LizCapism 3 года назад

You can do it! The book also has much more basic patterns with fewer pieces if you want it to be simpler than mine. Mine has the second most gores in the book! @morgandonner made the one with the most gores if you're curious about how that looks. It's genuinely some of the most fun I've had sewing.

@Chronicallywitty 3 года назад

@@LizCapism I’m tempted to find a different pattern to start with to make sure I’d like clothes before jumping into a big expensive book. I’ve only ever quilted (both pieced and just learned how to foundation paper piece! ) and made pillowcases with the French seams you mentioned. 😅

@alicetulloch6945 3 года назад

PS. Loved the two books, by Else Ostergard. 👏🏽

@karenradcliff9163 4 года назад

Yay! It turned out delightfully. That dress has been on my mind for years, but I've always planned for making it after I've woven the wool yardage. However, I really like your linen version... hmm... maybe there's such a thing as too-much-delayed gratification?

@LizCapism 4 года назад

I'll be honest, having woven the wool yourself sounds amazing. The choice of linen was exclusively because I had it in my stash. Why not both? A summer and a winter! ;)

@Vintagebursche 4 года назад

7:53 What sorcery is this? - Anyway, great video. I particularly liked your choice in music.

@LizCapism 4 года назад

Ha! Thanks! The tool was in a box of random sewing notions I found in a second-hand store. A slightly less quality version came with my dress form...I think?

@kittys.2870 Год назад

I ALWAYS wash my fabric first

@ah5721 2 года назад

this is so cool! ps were did you get your cool blue pattern weights ?

@LizCapism 2 года назад

I inherited some from my mother, and got some of them from estate sales!

@KirileeCosplay 4 года назад

Your pin tomato is blue?! You Canadians are WACKY! :p in seriousness though- absolutely gorgeous work!

@LizCapism 4 года назад

It's green :P but yeah... the company makes red ones I just liked this one. But I think it's appropriate given our extremely short growing season!

@alicetulloch6945 3 года назад

Now the next puzzle is how the fabric was made on a warp-weighted loom, hand spun and all. The pattern pieces may be dominated by how wide the weaving was. I doubt linen was grown in Greenland, but definitely wool. These Viking colonies were the poor outliers, so importing linen must have been expensive. Many questions remain.

@LizCapism 3 года назад

The conclusions from the research published about the excavation actually points to this settlement being pretty prosperous. The linen, as I said in the video, was a choice based on shopping my stash and comparing the weight and weave of the original wool - not an attempt to be accurate. I didn’t have wool, and couldn’t afford it anyways. The book goes deep into the available evidence and existing knowledge about the warp-weighted looms and makes guesses as to the original width of fabrics based on the size of excavated looms. It’s not really a mystery...

@cauldron1951 7 месяцев назад

Which pattern or template, etc, did you start with ?

@susiecarson 4 года назад

Where can I get that hemming thing?

@LizCapism 4 года назад

I found mine in a box of second-hand sewing notions. I think a version of one came with my dress form as well? You could probably find them on sewing supplies or tailor supply shops!

@susiecarson 4 года назад

LizCapism Thanks! I will look for it.